At first, I saw the trailer for Netflix's "The Society" and thought, "another teen drama, what else is new?". But this teen drama doesn't create conflict simply to have an interesting plot, it's making a greater commentary on society today.

The basis of the show is that a bunch of teens go on a class field trip and return only to find that all other people in the town have disappeared. The teens later find that there is no way to escape or leave the town, as overgrown forests entrap them.

So what do teens without adult supervision do? They party, of course. But this lifestyle tires quickly and the teenagers must find a way to govern themselves, and investigate what is really happening to them. They come to the conclusion that they are in some kind of parallel universe and that their parents must have committed some crime worthy of this punishment.

In the meantime, these teenagers find themselves assuming and reconstructing the roles and dynamics of civilization. Only, this civilization limits individual freedom and causes the death of a few. The survival of the masses infringes upon the individual, and the show exhibits how history repeats itself.

Characters like Cassandra and Allie show how public pressure forces us to make difficult decisions at others' expense. The teens mature into adults who have to compete and work for their own share of the town's resources. The politics and power-play among characters is the most engaging aspect, in that we see the immediate loss of youth and the replication of adulthood.

The questions the show truly leaves us with are "is our system of government inevitable" and " how does collective society establish hierarchy"? Primarily, strength and charm are what keeps the trust of others'. The guards are at the top of the hierarchy, and are privy to secret ongoings of the society. This is due to their physical strength as former football players. The only difference to the real world is perhaps that females are leading the society, rather than males.

"The Society" is an incredible watch with two promising seasons thus far. It has much to say about how capable teens are, and how much adults have passed onto them both in skills and mistakes.